I have a dream

I have a dream and I am pursuing it. I am following my heart and doing what it says. I had this idea to do a walk for NEDA (National Eating Disorders Association). So today I registered to do one and I am doing it the last weekend of September. I hope to get Thom out here to speak at Westminster night before and day of. I want to raise awareness about eating disorders because they are a problem and people need to be aware of how much they impact people lives. They are more common then people think. According to NEDA, as many as 10 MILLION FEMALES AND NEARLY 1 MILLION MALES ARE FIGHTING THIS LIFE AND DEALH BATTLE WITH ANOREXIA AND BULIMIA EVERY DAY!

Also as far as research goes there are 10 million affected by eating disorders and 4.5 million suffering from Alzheimer's and 2.2 suffering from Schizophrenia yet on $.70 per individual is spent on research compared to $159 for Schizophrenia, a difference of $158.30. This is ridiculous. Eating disorders kill and most can't even seek treatment due to insurance unwilling to cover adequate treatment which I wont even bother to go into as I could rant about that for hours. I personally have gone through this so it is something I am passionate about so I am excited. So it will be good.

So I am in the early stages of planning this. Going to enlist others to help me...hopefully(if you live in SLC and want to help let me know please)! I am allowing 5 months almost 6 to plan this which is good. It will allow me to get good sponsors, plan awesome t-shirts and stuff, get the speaking part ready, the where it will be (most likely Sugar House park), and all of the logistics. It will be fun. I will have fun and it is a good cause. I have wanted to do this in a while. I know many will attend. It will be great! I believe in myself. I am proud I am doing this. I am nervous as well but I will ask for help, as needed. <3